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There were four key elements from the assessment that were repeated over and over again and formed the basis of the Russia hoax and the Robert Mueller witch hunt.
One, that Vladimir Putin wanted Donald Trump to win.
Two, Putin took action to help Trump win.
Three, the Russians had blackmail on Trump. That was the Steele dossier.
And four, that the Russians tried colluding with the Trump campaign. None of any of this was ever true.
There was no reliable intelligence to support any of these allegations.
Senior CIA officials repeatedly refused to traffic in these allegations.
But they were repeatedly overruled by CIA Director Brennan and FBI Director Comey, who insisted that they be pushed, even without verifiable evidence.
The Obama administration cherry-picked the intelligence, lied about their sources, misquoted sources, didn't corroborate their claims, suppressed intelligence that ran counter to their narratives, and even used anonymous internet postings.
Rank and file CIA admitted what they were doing violated their own tradecraft standards.
There was a massive pressure campaign that came right from the top.
CIA analysts say they received unusual directives from political appointees, the CIA Director, and Obama himself.
This is how the Russia hoax was born.
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Hillary Clinton: Donald Trump knows that the Russians helped him win in 2016.
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James Comey: Putin hated Secretary Clinton so much that the flip side of that coin was he had a clear preference for the person running against the person he hated so much.
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John Brennan: It was Russia in a very systematic way in trying to interfere in the election and to try to advance the prospects of Donald Trump being elected.
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Watters: This was such a malicious disinformation campaign perpetrated on the American people that at one point, 60% of Democrats believe the Russians hacked our voting machines to help Trump win the White House.
What this report actually shows is that the Russians just wanted to create chaos and undermine Americans' faith in democracy.
Solid intelligence suggested that Vladimir Putin didn't care who won. He had no preference, but like most people, expected Hillary to win and had a little docket of compromising dirt on her, dirt that he never released.
Now, if Putin wanted Trump to win, why didn't Putin drop the dirt?
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Tulsi Gabbard: There were high-level DNC emails that detailed evidence of Hillary's, quote, psycho-emotional problems, uncontrolled fits of anger, aggression, and cheerfulness, and that then-Secretary Clinton was allegedly on a daily regimen of heavy tranquilizers.
Then-CIA Director Brennan and the intelligence community mischaracterized intelligence and relied on dubious substandard sources to create a contrived false narrative that Putin developed a, quote-unquote, clear preference for Trump.
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Watters: Now, if Clinton was on tranquilizers like the Russians believed, why didn't they leak it to help Trump win?
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Reporter: How credible was the information about Hillary Clinton's health?
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Tulsi Gabbard: All I have seen is what the Intelligence Committee have reported through their investigation.
I think the underlying point there is, is that we understand from intelligence what Russia said that they had.
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